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Metamorphic Hybrid Compliant Mechanisms (Case No. 2025-038)

Summary: Researchers in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UCLA have developed a compliant technique that can be utilized for a wide array of industries, including next-generation joint reconstruction surgeries, precision manufacturing, robotics, aerospace transportation, and automation applications. Background: Bearings are commonly used to...

Published: 3/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Cameron Taylor, He Kai Lim, Jonathan Hopkins

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Automation, biomedical implantation, compliant mechanisms, constraint design, Energy Efficiency, flexure systems, Implant (Medicine), multi-degrees of freedom (DOF), Orthopaedics, Orthopedics and Prosthetics (O & P), Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Manufacturing, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics, Materials, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease

2022-151 Improved Electrospray Propulsion Device

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed an improved electrospray propulsion device for satellites and other aerospace applications. Background: The application of electromagnetic principles for jet propulsion has been an ongoing area of research in aeronautical engineering. In particular, electric propulsion...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): James Rosenzweig, Victor Shichen Yu, Gerard Lawler

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Propulsion, Spacecraft

Category(s): Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2021-217 Air-Breathing Electric Thruster

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed air-breathing electric thrusters that would allow satellites to operate in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for a wide array of applications. BACKGROUND: The majority of spacecraft operate in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to the many advantages of operating...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Richard Wirz, Patrick Crandall

Keywords(s): Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Entry, Communications Satellite, Drag (Physics), Propulsion, Spacecraft, Telecommunication, Transportation

Category(s): Mechanical, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2022-023 COPYRIGHT: FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) CORE FOR PROTOGRAPH-BASED RAPTOR-LIKE (PBRL) LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK (LDPC) ENCODING AND DECODING

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a software that serves as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) encoder and decoder for optical communications. BACKGROUND: Satellite communications requires wireless communication techniques that are resilient, secure, and able to process high volumes...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Richard Wesel, Linfang Wang, Dariush Divsalar, Caleb Terill, Chester Hulse, Sean Chen, Calvin Kuo

Keywords(s): Aerospace Engineering, Communications Satellite, Field-Programmable Gate Array, Low-Density Parity-Check Code, Telecommunication, Wireless

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking, Electrical, Electrical > Wireless, Software & Algorithms > Programs